The Metabolic Syndrome

1. Metabolic Syndrome—Past and Future
Barbara Caleen Hansen, Rosemary Peternel, George A. Bray

I. Epidemilogy And Clinical Treatment: Issues In Defining And Treating The Metabolic Syndrome

2. Metabolic Syndrome
Gerald M. Reaven

3. The Role of Obesity in Insulin Resistance
James B. Meigs

4. Treatment of the Metabolic Syndrome with Weight Loss, Exercise, Hormones, and Surgery
George A. Bray

5. Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular Disease
Earl S. Ford, Simin Liu

6. The Sympatho-Adrenal System in the Metabolic Syndrome
Lewis Landsberg

II. Endothelial Function, Inflammation, and Dyslipidemia

7. Insulin Action and Endothelial Function
Kieren J. Mather, Alain Baron, Michael J. Quon

8. Macro- and Microvascular Disease in an Insulin-Resistant Pre-Diabetic Animal Model
James C. Russell, Spencer D. Proctor

9. High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and the Metabolic Syndrome
Yiqing Song, Simin Liu, Joann E. Manson

10. Insulin Signaling in Adipocytes and the Role of Inflammation
Christian X. Andersson, Ann Hammarstedt, Per-Anders Jansson, Ulf Smith

11. Insulin Resistance and Dyslipidemia
Tina J. Chahil, Gissette Reyes, Henry N. Ginsberg

III. Insulin—Secretion and Action: Underlying Mechanisms of the Metabolic Syndrome

12. Pancreatic Islet Pathophysiology and Pathology in Obesity
Anne Clark, Jenni Moffitt, Lianne Laar, Katherine Pinnick, Farhina Sayyed

13. Glucagon-like Peptides and Insulin Sensitivity
Jens Juul Holst, Filip Krag Knop

14. The Relationship Between the Insulin Receptor Substrates and Metabolic Disease
Morris F. White

15. Insulin Resistance and Inhibitors of the Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
Jack F. Youngren

16. Fat Feeding and Muscle Fat Deposition Eliciting Insulin Resistance
E. W. Kraegen, G. J. Cooney, Jiming M. Ye, Stuart M. Furler

17. Alterations in Atypical Protein Kinase C Activation in Insulin Resistance Syndromes
Robert V. Farese

18. The Liver, Glucose Homeostasis, and Insulin Action in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Jerry Radziuk, Susan Pye

19. Chronomics of the Metabolic Syndrome
Barbara Caleen Hansen

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Internal Medicine, Cardiology